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Records of Louis Martin, Special Assistant to the President: A Guide to Its Records at the Jimmy Carter Library
Collection Summary
Creator: Office of the Assistant to the President
Title: Records of Louis Martin, Special Assistant to the President
Dates: 1977-1981
Quantity: 50 linear feet, 120 containers
Identification: Accession Number: 80-1 National Archives Identifier: 1084
Scope and Content: The files consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, resumes, photographs, miscellaneous printed material, newspaper clippings, desk calendars, mailing lists, telephone messages, speech drafts concerning anything interesting to the blacks, minority, and women communities from 1978-1981. Material in this collection focuses on education, community service, urban development, housing, small business, and civil rights.
Creator Information: Office of the Assistant to the President This office was headed by Louis Martin, who was appointed as the President's personal representative to blacks. His duties included serving as the visible point of contact between blacks and the White House. He conveyed to the President any concerns, issues, and needs of blacks. He monitored governmental programs and pending initiatives of interest to blacks. Martin defended, described, and supported programs and policies of the administration as they relate to blacks.
Many of Martin’s duties, as head of the office, concerned communication between the White House and principal black spokesmen throughout the country. As documented in these files, the White House attempted to keep the black community abreast of what the Carter Administration was doing on behalf of blacks and the black community by using Martin as a liaison through which problems, concerns, and suggestions could be given to the White House. Martin's longstanding association with the black press and the Democratic Party proved invaluable in developing the sensitivity, the knowledge, and the contacts necessary in the performance of this job.
Biographical information on key office personnel is located at the end of the finding aid.
Restrictions: Restrictions on Access: These papers contain documents restricted in accordance with applicable executive order(s), which governs National Security policies, applicable statutes/agency restrictions, and material which has been closed in accordance with the donor’s deed of gift.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction: Copyright interest in these papers has been donated to the United States Government. Some of the records may be subject to copyright restrictions (i.e. newspapers, publications, etc.). Researchers should contact the publisher for further information.
Related Material: Related materials in this repository: Various series of the White House Press Office Files
Index Terms: Limited to major topics under each category Persons: Louis Martin
Organizations: Democratic National Committee (DNC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Subjects: African-Americans, minorities, women, education, community service, urban development, housing, small business, and civil rights
Types of Material: Correspondence, memoranda, notes, resumes, photographs, miscellaneous printed material, newspaper clippings, desk calendars, mailing lists, telephone messages, and speech drafts
Administrative Information: Preferred citation: [Type of Document], [Names of Sender and Recipient or Title of Document], [Date], [Collection Title], [Series Title], [Folder Title], [Box Number], Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.
Acquisition information: These historical materials were received under provisions of the instrument of gift that Jimmy Carter signed January 31, 1981.
Processing information: The first series of the collection was opened in August 1987.
System of Arrangement: The records Louis Martin, Special Assistant to the President are divided into one series:
Series Title National Archives Identifier Louis Martin’s Files 140949
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Detailed Description of the Collection
Louis Martin’s Files Scope and Content: Containers 1-120. This series was opened in August 1987. This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed material, desk calendars, photographs, speech drafts, newspaper clippings, mailing lists, computer print-outs, reports, and telephone messages. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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Container List
Louis Martin’s Files
Container 1 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Bishop Accomplishments AME Zion Bishop Accomplishments [1] Accomplishments [2] Accomplishments and Support ACTION Action for Boston Community Development Inc. [O/A 9753] Administration Accomplishments - Material Administration Accomplishments - Responses Administration's Record on Women's Issues Administration Material [1] Administration Material [2] Administration Procedures [1]
Container 2 Administration Procedures [2] Administration Procedures [3] Administration Procedures [4] Administration Procedures [5] Administration Procedures [6] Administration Procedures [O/A 6475] Advertising Minority Business Affirmative Action [O/A 6475] Africa Trade Mission Africa [1]
Container 3 Africa [2] Africa [3] Africa [4] African Affairs [O/A 9510] Afro-American Philharmonic [O/A 9509] Afro-American Services, Inc. [O/A 6057] Agency Referrals - No Response Necessary Agendas and Requests Aging Al and the Kidd [O/A 9509] Alabama Alaska Trip, 7/10-14/80 American Business Council
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Container 4 American Institute for Public Service Amistad’s Department of Transportation (DOT) Venture Capital, Inc. Anderson, John Anti-Inflation [O/A 6475] Anti-Inflation [O/A 9510] Applied Communications Technologies, Inc. Appointments [1] Appointments [2] Appointments [3] Appointment of United States (U.S.) Attorney for Washington, D.C. [O/A 8499] [1]
Container 5 Appointment of U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. [O/A 8499] [2] Appointment of U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. [O/A 8499] [3] Appointment of U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. [O/A 8499] [4] Appointments [O/A 9510] Appointments, 1978 Appointments and Miscellaneous Background Appointments - Past [1] [O/A 6475] Appointments - Past [2] [O/A 6475] Appointments - Pending [O/A 9510] Asa Timothy Spaulding Insurance Society [O/A 9368]
Container 6 Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Attorney's Fees Aviation/Aerospace Education at Morris Brown College [O/A 8980] Bishop College [Black Affairs Agenda - 1980-81] Black Aged Mini-White House Conference, 11/25/80 [O/A 10,467] Black Appointees [1] Black Appointees [2] Black Appointees in Government [1] Black Appointees in Government [2] Black Appointments [O/A 9510] Black Artist [O/A 9510]
Container 7 Black Attendees to Meetings [1] Black Attendees to Meetings [2] Black Attendees to Meetings [3] Black Businessmen's Association of Los Angeles [O/A 6475] Black Caucus Reception Lists [1] Black Caucus Reception Lists [2]
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Container 8 Black College Papers and Editors Black Colleges [Black Colleges] [1] Black Colleges [2] Black Colleges [3] Black Colleges [4] Black Colleges [5] Black Colleges [6] Black Colleges [7]
Container 9 Black Colleges [O/A 9510] [1] Black Colleges [O/A 9510] [2] Black Colleges - Can They Survive? Black Colleges - Can They Survive? [O/A 6298] Black Colleges - Correspondence [1] Black Colleges - Correspondence [2] Black Council Members [O/A 9510] [Empty] Black Educator's Conference [O/A 9979] Black Labor Leaders Black Leadership Forum Black Legislators [O/A 9510] [Empty] Black Mayors [O/A 6475] Black Mayors [O/A 9510] [Empty] Black Media
Container 10 Black Media [O/A 6475] Black Media [O/A 9510] Black Medical Schools Black Ministers Briefing, 3/21/80 Black Music Association Black Organizations [1] Black Organizations [2] Black Organizations [3]
Container 11 Black Organizations [4] Black Organizations [5] Black Presidential Appointees Black Press - American Journalism [O/A 7059] [Black Relations] [1] [Black Relations] [2] [Black Relations] [3] Black State Legislators [O/A 6475]
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Black Veterans Black Women Black Women's Reception Black Youth Leaders Black Youth Unemployment [O/A 6475]
Container 12 Blacks and Women in Southern Federal Courts [Blacks and the Carter Administration] [1] [Blacks and the Carter Administration] [2] Blacks in Government Blackwell, Randolph - Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE) [1] Blackwell, Randolph - OMBE [2] Blackwell, Randolph - OMBE [3]
Container 13 Blackwell, Randolph - OMBE [4] Blackwell, Randolph - OMBE [5] Blackwell, Randolph - OMBE [6] Blackwell, Randolph - OMBE [7] Boards/Organizations - Martin, Louis [1] Boards/Organizations - Martin, Louis [2] Bragg, Howard [O/A 9509] Briefing for Los Angeles Black Businessmen's Association, 9/26/79 Briefings [1] Briefings [2]
Container 14 Briefings File Brown, Ben Brown v. Board [O/A 9509] Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board - Reception [O/A 9509] [1] Brown v. Board - Reception [O/A 9509] [2] Brown v. Board - Reception [O/A 9509] [3] Brown v. Board - Reception Lists [O/A 9509] [1]
Container 15 Brown v. Board - Reception Lists [O/A 9509] [2] Brown v. Board - Reception - List of Attendees [O/A 9509] Brown v. Board - White House Reception, 5/17/79 [O/A 9509] Brzezinski, Zbigniew [O/A 9510] Budget [1] Budget [2] Budget, 1980 Budget, 1981
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Buffkins, Archie L. Burnett, Scott [O/A 9510] Business America [O/A 8047] Community Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) [1]
Container 16 CEDC [2] CEDC [3] CEDC [4] CEDC [5] Carter/Mondale Campaign (CMC) Delegates and Convention Material [1] CMC Delegates and Convention Material [2] CMC Delegates and Convention Material [3]
Container 17 CMC Delegates and Convention Material [4] CMC Delegates and Convention Material [5] CMC Delegates and Convention Material [6] CMC Delegates and Convention Material [Community Services Administration] (CSA) Office of the Inspector General Semi-Annual Report to Congress [Calendar] [O/A 9510] Calendar of Events [Calendars, Loose Leaf for 1978, 1979, and 1980] Califano, Joseph, Speech, 09/22/78 [O/A 6474] Califano, Secretary Joseph Jr. - Speech at Atlanta University, 4/7/79 California [Empty] California Federal Economic Assistant Conference [Empty] Campaign Forms/Material Campaign Information [1]
Container 18 Campaign Information [2] Campaign Material [1] Campaign Material [2] Carter/Mondale General Election Briefing Book Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee Inc. Catalogue of Federal Education Assistant Programs, 1978
Container 19 Census, 1980 Census Bureau [O/A 9510] Center for New Schools - Chicago, Illinois Central Files Copies, 1/9/81 Cheyney State College Speech File, 5/20/79 Chicago, Illinois Department of Human Services [O/A 6979]
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Chicago United [O/A 7165] Children's Defense Fund China Chronology, 1978 Civil Rights [O/A 9510] Civil Rights - Reorganization [1] Civil Rights - Reorganization [2] Civil Rights - Reorganization [3] Civil Rights - Reorganization [4]
Container 20 Civil Rights - Reorganization [5] Civil Rights - Reorganization [6] Clary Institute [O/A 8980] Coleman, Arthur College Endowment Funding Plan, The Columbus, Ohio Economic Assistant Conference, 5/9-10/80 Combined Federal Campaign Fund 1980 [1] Combined Federal Campaign Fund 1980 [2] Commerce
Container 21 Commerce Department [O/A 9510] [1] Commerce Department [O/A 9510] [2] Commerce Department of - Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE) Commerce Department of - OMBE/Interagency Council Issues Commission on the 1980's Committee on Minorities in Engineering Symposium [O/A 6363] [1] Committee on Minorities in Engineering Symposium [O/A 6363] [2] Community Development Department - National Urban League [O/A 7123] Community Federal Saving and Loan Association Community Services Administration Compendium of Research Reports Conference Material Conference on Small Business Congratulations [O/A 6475]
Container 22 Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Black Caucus [O/A 6475] Congressional Correspondence Consolidated Human Service Center [O/A 8534] Constituency Complaints [1] Constituency Complaints [2] Constituency Complaints [3] Consumer Income P-60, No.118, 3/79
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Consumer Income P-60, No.119, 3/79
Container 23 Collidge, Eliska Hasek [1] Collidge, Eliska Hasek [2] Collidge, Eliska Hasek [3] Collidge, Eliska Hasek [4] [Contacts] Cooper, Mayor Jay [O/A 6475] Corrections Correspondence, 9/78 [O/A 6475]
Container 24 Correspondence, 10/78 [O/A 6475] [1] Correspondence, 10/78 [O/A 6475] [2] Correspondence, 11/78 [O/A 6475] Correspondence, 1979-80 [1] Correspondence, 1979-80 [2] Correspondence, 1979-80 [3] Correspondence, 1979-80 [4] Correspondence, 1979-80 [5]
Container 25 Correspondence, 1979-80 [6] Correspondence, 1979-80 [7] Correspondence, 1979-80 [8] Correspondence, 1979-80 [9] Correspondence A, 1978 [O/A 6475] Correspondence A, 1979 [O/A 6475] Correspondence B, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence C, 1978-79 [O/A 9510] Correspondence E, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence F, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence G, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence H, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence I, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence J, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence K, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence L, 1979 [O/A 9510]
Container 26 Correspondence M, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence N, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence O, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence P, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence Q, [O/A 9510] [Empty]
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Correspondence R, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence S, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence T, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence U, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence V, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence W, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence X, Y, Z, 1979 [O/A 9510] Correspondence File - Aa-An, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - An-Az, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ba-Bz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Be-Bo, 1979-1981
Container 27 Correspondence File - Br, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Br-Bz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ca-Cl, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Cl-Co, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Co, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Co-Cz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Da-De, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - De-Du, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Du-Dz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - E, 1979-1981
Container 28 Correspondence File - Fa-Fr, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Fr-Fz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ga-Gr, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Gr-Gz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ha, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ha-Ho, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ho-Hz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - I, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ja-Jo, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Jo-Jz, 1979-81
Container 29 Correspondence File - K, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - L, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Ma-Me, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Mac-Mc, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Me-Mi, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Mi-Mz, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - N, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - O, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Pa-Pl, 1979-1981
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Container 30 Correspondence File - Po-Pz, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Q, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Ra-Ri, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Ri-Rz, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Sa-Si, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Si-Sp, 1979-81 Correspondence File - Sp-Sz, 1979-81 Correspondence File - T, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - U-V, 1979-1981
Container 31 Correspondence File - Wa-Wh, 1979-1981 Correspondence File -Wh-Wi, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - Wi-Wv, 1979-1981 Correspondence File - X, Y, Z, 1979-1981 [Correspondence] - Incoming Mail, 1980 [Correspondence] - Incoming Mail, 1/19/81 [Correspondence Internal] [Correspondence] [Letters] [1980-1981] [Correspondence Material] [1]
Container 32 [Correspondence Material] [2] [Correspondence Material] [3] [Correspondence Material] [4] Correspondence - Miscellaneous Correspondence - No Response Correspondence - No Response Necessary Correspondence - Not Answered Correspondence - Unanswered Council of the Greater City Schools [1] Council of the Greater City Schools [2]
Container 33 Council of the Greater City Schools [3] Crime in Public Housing A Critical Examination of The Adam's Case - A Source Book [1] A Critical Examination of The Adam's Case - A Source Book [2] Cultural Council Foundation [O/A 10,070] D and H Manufacturing [O/A 6476] DC/MD Ministers Briefing, 5/2/80 Democratic National Committee (DNC) Material
Container 34 Dalton Properties, Inc. and NAACP National Housing Cove
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Dalton Properties, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada [1] Dalton Properties, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada [2] Davis, Ed - One Man's Way [O/A 6476] [1] Davis, Ed - One Man's Way [O/A 6476] [2] Davis, Lloyd E. Decosta, Frank [O/A 6476] Democratic National Committee Democratic National Committee [O/A 6475] Democratic National Convention Delegates 1980 [1] Democratic National Convention Delegates 1980 [2] Democratic National Convention Delegates 1980 [3] Democratic Policy Staff Report [O/A 9510] [Empty]
Container 35 Desegregation of Schools Detailee Forms [O/A 9510] Detroit Non-Profit Housing Corporation [O/A 8182] Development to Minority Owned Controlled Businesses Digest of Education Statistics 1980 Directory of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States District of Columbia [O/A 9510] District of Columbia Affairs Dobbs, Julie - Correspondence Dobbs, Julie - Housing Dobbs, Julia Marie Dobbs, Julie - Miscellaneous Files [1] Dobbs, Julie - Miscellaneous Files [2]
Container 36 Dobbs, Julie - Miscellaneous Files [3] Dobbs, Julie - National Black Economic Advisory Council Dobbs, Julie - Notes Dobbs, Julie - Personal Dobbs, Julie - Phone Book Domestic Policy Staff Weekly Status Report [O/A 6474] Draft Registration Dukes, Ofield [1] Dukes, Ofield [2] Dyke, Jim [O/A 9510] EEOC [O/A 6474] Economic Revitalization Plan Edley, Christopher F. [O/A 8039] Education, Department of Education and Income in the Black Community Educational Attainment of Workers, Some Trends From Eizenstat, Stu [O/A 9510]
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Employment and Unemployment, 1978 - An Analysis
Container 37 Endorsements, 1980 Energy Energy, Department of Equal Employment Opportunity in Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) [O/A 6474] [Equal Opportunity in the Federal Government] Executive Committee of the United Way Meeting [O/A 6474] [1] Executive Committee of the United Way Meeting [O/A 6474] [2] [Executive Desk Diary, 1980] Executive Order on Black Colleges
Container 38 Export-Import Bank of the United States Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) Report FOCUS [O/A 9510] Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Staff Report on Television Advertising to Children [Fact Sheet 112 Original] [Fact Sheet Material] Fact Sheets Fair Housing [1] Fair Housing [2] Fair Housing Bill H.R. 5200 Fair Housing Task Force Federal Agencies and Urban Segregation [O/A 6474] Federal Assistance Programs for Minority Business Enterprise
Container 39 Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort, 1974 [O/A 6474] Federal Communications Commission [O/A 6475] Federal Economic Assistance Conference - Memphis, Tennessee [1] Federal Economic Assistance Conference - Memphis, Tennessee [2] Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program Federal Judges [1] Federal Judges [2]
Container 40 Federal Judges [3] Federal Judges [4] Federal of Southern Cooperatives, The [O/A 8980] Film Industry [1] Film Industry [2] Film Industry [3] Financial Aid to Black Colleges
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Firms in The 80’s Business Development Program
Container 41 First Biennial National Opinion Survey - Who's Who Among Black Americans [O/A 6476] First Lady Memoranda First Lady Rosalynn Carter [Empty] Food Stamps Form Letters Fort Lincoln Condominium 3 Franchise Opportunities Handbook Frazier, Audrey Friends of Carter Garrett, Sullivan and Company [O/A 9839] Garrett, Sullivan and Company C.P.A.'s [O/A 9006] General Outreach Giannini, Val [O/A 9510] Gospel Singing, 9/9/79 [O/A 9509] Guest Lists and Gates Lists [1]
Container 42 Guest Lists and Gates Lists [2] Guest Lists and Gates Lists [3] Guest Lists and Gates Lists [4] Health Education and Welfare (HEW) Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [1] HUD [2] HUD [O/A 9510]
Container 43 Haiti Haitian Refugees Haitians Hammond, Al [O/A 9510] [Empty] Hampton, Dianne - Reminder [Happy Holidays Card] Harambee House Harambee House Hotel [O/A 6475] Harris, Pat - Swearing - in List [O/A 9509] [1] Harris, Pat - Swearing - in List [O/A 9509] [2] Harris, Pat - Swearing - in List [O/A 9509] [3] Harrisburg Hospital [1] Harrisburg Hospital [2]
Container 44 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Transportation Study [O/A 8980]
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Henry, Aaron E. Higher Education Equity - The Crisis of Appearance Horton, Romeo A. [O/A 8450] Hospital Cost Containment [O/A 9510] How Well Are We Housed? Rural [O/A 8980] Howard University Howard University - Center for Sickle Cell Disease [O/A 7838] Human Rights Humphrey - Hawkins [O/A 9510] Hutcheson, Rick Illinois
Container 45 Indiana Inflation [1] Inflation [2] Inflation Intellectuals Informational Materials [1] Informational Materials [2]
Container 46 Informational Materials [3] Informational Materials [4] Informational Materials [5] Inspector General [O/A 9510] Intensive Management Assistance Interior Department [O/A 9510] Internal Memos Interoffice Materials [1] Interoffice Materials [2] Interoffice Materials [3] Interoffice Materials [4]
Container 47 Interoffice Materials [5] Interstate Commerce Commission [O/A 6475] Invitations [1] Invitations [2] Invitations, 1979 [1] Invitations, 1979 [2] Invitations, 1979 [3]
Container 48 Invitations, 1979 [4] Invitations - Declined [O/A 6475] Invitations - Past [O/A 6475]
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Invitations - Pending [O/A 9510] Jackson, Hilda Ann Jobs Joint Center for Political Studies [O/A 9510] [1] Joint Center for Political Studies [O/A 9510] [2] Joint Center for Political Studies Fundraising Dinner [O/A 6572] Joint Center for Political Studies, Inc. [1] Joint Center for Political Studies, Inc. [2] Jordan, Hamilton Judges
Container 49 Judgeships [1] Judgeships [2] Justice, Department of Juvenile Justice Kamara, Ermmon O. [O/A 8045] King, Coretta Scott King, Don [O/A 6475] Kingsley, Nathan Mr. [O/A 8041] Kraft, Tim [O/A 9510] Labor, Department of Black College Policy Conference [O/A 10,257] Labor Leaders [O/A 6475] Liaisons for Black College Directive League to Improve the Community [1] League to Improve the Community [2]
Container 50 Lewis, Adriane [O/A 9510] Lipshutz, Robert [O/A 9510] Lists Llewellyn, Bruce Lomax, Charles E. Luncheon for the Black Aged, 2/23/79 [O/A 6476] MESBIC Financial Corporation of Dallas [O/A 6476] Mailing List [1] Mailing List [2] Mailing List [3] Mailing List [4] Mailing List - Additions, Corrections, and Deletions Mailing List Data [1] Mailing List Data [2]
Container 51 Mailing List Data [3] Mailing List Data [4] Mailing List Data [5]
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Mailing List Data [6] Mailing List Data [7] Mailing List Data [8] Mailing List Data [9]
Container 52 Mailing List Data [10] Mailing List Data [11] Mailing List Data [12] Mailing List Data [13] Mailing List Data [O/A 9509] Mailing List Data - Additions [l] Mailing List Data - Additions [2]
Container 53 Mailing List Data - Additions [3] Mailing List Data - Additions [4] Mailing List Data - Already in System Mailing List Data - Completed Mailing List Data - Duplicates Mailing List Data - Edited, 4/23/80 Mailing List Data - Gate Lists Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 03 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 04 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 42 - Miscellaneous Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 43 - Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 45 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 46 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 47
Container 54 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 48 [l] Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 48 [2] Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 49 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 50 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 5l (Edited), 11/13/79 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 52 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 53 (Edited), 11/13/79 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 54 Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 55 - Black Funeral Homes Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 64 [1] Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 64 [2] Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 64 [3] Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 64 [4]
Container 55
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Mailing List Data - Louis Martin 97 Mailing List Data - Pennsylvania [1] Mailing List Data - Pennsylvania [2] Mailing List Data - Pennsylvania [3] Mailing List Data - Pennsylvania [4] Mailing List Data - Pennsylvania [5] Mailing List Data - “Too Late to File” Mailing List Information [1]
Container 56 Mailing List Information [2] Mailing List Information [3] Mailing List Information [4] Mailing List - Louis Martin Mailing List - Louis Martin, Ohio Mailing List Material - Louis Martin 98 Religious Briefing Mailing List Material - Louis Martin 99 Religious Briefing New York [1] Mailing List Material - Louis Martin 99 Religious Briefing New York [2] Mailing List Material - Louis Martin 99 Religious Briefing New York [3]
Container 57 Mailing List -Speakers Mallet, Conrad - DNC Martin Luther King Center in Houston, Texas [O/A 8880] Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change Martin, Louis - 112EW Martin, Louis - Additions Martin, Louis - Acknowledgements Martin, Louis - Biographical Clippings Martin, Louis - Changes Martin, Louis - Daily Schedules Martin, Louis - Miscellaneous Martin, Louis - Miscellaneous Memos Martin, Louis - Personal Martin, Louis - Personnel [1] Martin, Louis - Personnel [2]
Container 58 Martin, Louis - Scheduling [1] Martin, Louis - Scheduling [2] Martin, Louis - Speech, 6/28/80 Norfolk, Virginia Martin, Louis - Speeches Martin, Louis - Statement America's Black Forum [O/A 6474] Maryland Masons Material on Meetings [1]
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Material on Meetings [2] McDonald, Al McHenry, Don - Swearing-in [O/A 9509] McLeary, Joel [O/A 9510] Media Media Project [1]
Container 59 Media Project [2] Media Project [3] Media Task Force [Medical Records] Memoranda, 3/17/78-12/11/80 Miami Michigan Miller, I. Ray Jr. Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [1]
Container 60 Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [2] Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [3] Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [4] Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [5] Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [6] Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [7] Miller, Ray [Miscellaneous] [8] Mills, William Minority Administration Accomplishments [O/A 6474]
Container 61 Minority Advertising Program Minority Affairs’ Resume Tracking System [1] Minority Affairs’ Resume Tracking System [2] Minority Affairs’ Resume Tracking System [3] Minority Bank Development Program [1] Minority Bank Development Program [2] Minority Business Advertising [O/A 9510] Minority Business Development Administration Legislation
Container 62 Minority Business Development Agency Minority Business Enterprise Minority Business Enterprise Files [1] Minority Business Enterprise Files [2] Minority Business Enterprise Files [3] Minority Business Enterprise Files [4]
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Minority Business Enterprise Files [5] Minority Business Enterprise Files [6] Minority Business Enterprise Files [7]
Container 63 Minority Business Enterprise Files [8] Minority Business Enterprise Files [9] Minority Business Enterprise Files [10] Minority Business Enterprise Files [11] Minority Business Enterprise Files [12] Minority Business Enterprise Files [13]
Container 64 Minority Business Enterprise Files [14] Minority Business Enterprise Files [15] Minority Business Enterprise Information Reference Book [O/A 6476] [l] Minority Business Enterprise Information Reference Book [O/A 6476] [2] Minority Business Enterprise Information Reference Book [O/A 6476] [3] Minority Business Enterprise Information Reference Book [O/A 6476] [4] Minority Business Enterprise Information Reference Book [O/A 6476] [5]
Container 65 Minority Business Information [1] Minority Business Information [2] Minority Business Program Minority Businesses Minority Businesses [O/A 9510] [1] Minority Businesses [O/A 9510] [2] Minority Enterprise Development [Empty] Minority High School Apprenticeship Program [Minority Report, 8/79-9/80]
Container 66 Minority Truckers [O/A 6474] Miscellaneous [1] Miscellaneous [2] Miscellaneous [3] Miscellaneous [4] Miscellaneous [5] Miscellaneous [6] Miscellaneous [7] Miscellaneous [8]
Container 67 Miscellaneous [9] Miscellaneous Lists [1]
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Miscellaneous Lists [2] Miscellaneous Lists [3] Miscellaneous Reference and Forms Missouri Mitchell, Bunny [O/A 6475] Monthly Minder, 1980 More Important Mail Log [O/A 9510]
Container 68 Morton Guide to American Colleges with a Black Heritage Multilateral Trade Agreement NAACP [1] NAACP [2] National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) [1] NAFEO [2] Name Lists [1] [Name and Address cards] [Name Address and Organizational Lists] [Name Lists from Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington, DC, Florida, and Foreign Addresses] [Name Lists from Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania Addresses] [Name Lists from Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming Addresses] National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders Report National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education, Black Colleges, and Black Universities National Alliance of Federal Employees [O/A 8980] National Association of Blacks in Energy National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. National Bankers Association National Bar Association
Container 69 National Black Catholics National Black Police Association - Chicago, Illinois National Black Veterans Organization National Business League National Caucus of the Black Aged National Conference of Black Mayors National Conference of Black Mayors Reception, 4/17/80 National Conference of Black Mayors - Extra Photographs National Conference on Africa National Consortium for Black Professional Development [O/A 7956] National Health Plan National Legal Services Fund
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National Minority Purchasing Council [1]
Container 70 National Minority Purchasing Council [2] National Service National Urban Coalition National Urban Coalition [O/A 6832] National Urban Coalition Reception, 3/28/80 2:00 pm National Urban League [l] National Urban League [2] National Urban League [3] National Urban League, Inc.
Container 71 National Urban League, Inc. [O/A 9526] National Urban League, Inc. [O/A 9713] National Urban League, Inc.-1979 Annual Report [O/A 8980] New Jersey New Strategy for Minority Business Enterprise Development [O/A 6476] [1] New Strategy for Minority Business Enterprise Development [O/A 6476] [2] New York [1] New York [2]
Container 72 Newhouse, Richard [O/A 6475] Nominating Committee, 1979 [O/A 6474] North Carolina Notes [l] Notes [2] Notes [3] Notes [4] [Notes] [5] [Notes] [6] [Notes] [7] Notes and Miscellaneous Material Organization of African Unity (OAU) [Summit in Monrovia [O/A 8163] Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) [1]
Container 73 OFCCP [2] Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) [O/A 6061] OIC Briefing and Ministerial Information, 10/24/80 OIC/Reverend Leon Sullivan [1] OIC/Reverend Leon Sullivan [2] OIC/Reverend Leon Sullivan [3] Office of Minority Business Enterprise [OMBE] [1]
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Container 74 OMBE [2] OMBE [3] Oakland Unified School District [O/A 6983] Ohio Ohio Report Ohio and New Jersey White House Briefing, 5/22/80 [1] Ohio and New Jersey White House Briefing, 5/22/80 [2] Operation Big Vote Opportunity Funding Corporation [O/A 9541]
Container 75 Organizational Lists [1] Organizational Lists [2] Orlando, Florida-Economic Assistance Conference, 12/7-8/79 Orque, Jean Overseas Business Reports Public Law 95-507 People United to Save Humanity (P.U.S.H.) Partners in Ecumenism Pass Briefings, 1979 Payton, Carolyn Payton, Carolyn [O/A 6475] Peace Corps Summer Interns Briefing, 7/17/80 Pending Pending Cases [1]
Container 76 Pending Cases [2] Pending Reply/Comment from Louis Martin, Julia Dobbs, or Karen W. Zuniga [O/A 9509] [1] Pending Reply/Comment from Louis Martin, Julia Dobbs, or Karen W. Zuniga [O/A 9509] [2] Pending Reply/Comment from Louis Martin, Julia Dobbs, or Karen W. Zuniga [O/A 9509] [3] Pending Reply/Comment from Louis Martin, Julia Dobbs, or Karen W. Zuniga [O/A 9509] [4] Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Black Ministers Briefing, 4/18/80
Container 77 Personnel Jobs - Available Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Economic Assistance Conference, 3/28 [1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Economic Assistance Conference, 3/28 [2] Phone Calls, 9/78 [O/A 6475] Phone Calls, 10/78 [O/A 6475] Phone Calls, 11/78 [O/A 6475] Photographs Identified - No Address Available Photographs - Black Appointees [1] Photographs - Black Appointees [2]
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Photographs - DC/MD, 5/2/80 Photographs - File Copies [1]
Container 78 Photographs - File Copies [2] Photographs - New York Ministers, 3/21/80 Photographs - Pennsylvania Ministers, 4/17/80 Photographs - Unidentified [1] Photographs - Unidentified [2] Photographs - Unidentified [3] Photographs - Unidentified [4] Photographs - Unidentified [5] Photographs - Unidentified [6] Pickett, Jacqueline Planning and Appointment Guide, 1979 [1] Planning and Appointment Guide, 1979 [2] Plum File Plum File Appointments
Container 79 Policy and Supporting Positions Political Stuff [Material] Poor Peoples Development Foundation, Inc. [O/A 6493] Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Minorities and women Poston, Gretchen and Powell, Jody Presidential Calls Presidential Calls [1] Presidential Calls [2] Presidential Calls and Other Outreach Presidential Correspondence Presidential Directive on Black Colleges Presidential Letter on the Black College Initiative, 9/26/80
Container 80 Presidential Medal of Freedom Presidential Meetings [Empty] Presidential Memo - Black Colleges Presidential Memoranda, 1978 Presidential Memoranda, 1979 [1] Presidential Memoranda, 1979 [2] Presidential Personnel Presidential Proclamations Presidential Speeches [Press Releases and News Clippings] [1] [Press Releases and News Clippings] [2] [Press Releases and News Clippings] [3]
Container 81 [Press Releases and News Clippings] [4]
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[Press Releases and News Clippings] [5] [Press Releases and News Clippings] [6] [Press Releases and News Clippings] [7] [Press Releases and News Clippings] [8] Press Releases, Publications, and News Clippings [Printed Material] [1]
Container 82 [Printed Material] [2] [Printed Material] [3] [Printed Material] [4] [Printed Material] [5] Printed Material and Mailing Lists [1] Printed Material and Mailing Lists [2] Procedures File
Container 83 Project Awareness Project Awareness, Inc. [O/A 6066] Proposal Proposal to Provide Management Training and Attitude Public Law 95-507 - Minority Industry [Publications] [Publications from Black Churches] Purks, Jim Putting America's Future to Work Qualifications of James H. Lowry and Associates ROBO Letters [1] ROBO Letters [2] Rafshoon, Jerry Reading Material - Louis Martin Reagan/Kemp/Roth Tax Proposal Recent Suburbanization of Blacks - How Much, Who and Where? Recommendations from Louis Martin Recommendations to White House Personnel
Container 84 Reducing Stress on Black Administrators Reference Material [l] Reference Material [2] Referrals - Direct Response [O/A 6475] Referrals - Pending Request for Speakers Requests - Filled [O/A6475] Requests for Fact Sheet Requests for the President Requests for the Speakers Bureau Resources, Inc.
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Container 85 Resumes [l] Resumes [2] Resumes [3] Resumes [4] Resumes [5] Resumes [6] Resumes [7]
Container 86 Resumes [8] Resumes [9] Resumes [10] Resumes [11] Resumes [12] Resumes [13] Resumes [14]
Container 87 Resumes [15] Resumes [161 Resumes [17] Resumes [18] Resumes - A Resumes - B Resumes - C Resumes - D Resumes - H Resumes - I-J
Container 88 Resumes - K Resumes - L Resumes - N Resumes - O Resumes - P [1] Resumes - P [2] Resumes - P [3] Resumes - R [1] Resumes - R [2]
Container 89 Resumes - S [1] Resumes - S [2] Resumes - S [3] Resumes - T
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Resumes - W [1] Resumes - W [2] Resumes - W [3] Resumes - A-D [1]
Container 90 Resumes - A-D [2] Resumes - A-D [3] Resumes - A-D [4] Resumes - E-J [1] Resumes - E-J [2] Resumes - K-R [1] Resumes - K-R [2]
Container 91 Resumes - K-R [3] Resumes - K-R [4] Resumes - S-Z [1] Resumes - S-Z [2] Resumes - S-Z [3] Resumes - S-Z [4] Resumes - Interns, Students, Volunteers, and Summer Employment [1] Resumes - Interns, Students, Volunteers, and Summer Employment [2]
Container 92 Resumes - Referring to White House Personnel [1] Resumes - Referring to White House Personnel [2] Resumes - Referring to White House Personnel [3] Rhodesia Righteous Government Convention [O/A 8980] Riley, Edward F. [O/A 6475] Robinson, Randall (Trans Africa) Russell, Devona Rustin, Baynard Small Business Administration [SBA] - Business Plan and Qualifications Resume [O/A 8980] SNEOC, Inc. Sample Memoranda, etc. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Simmons, J.J. [O/A 6475] Simmons, Jake Small Business Administration Small Business Conference Commission Smith, Ian [O/A 6475] Social and Economic Status of the Black Population in the United States, 1790-1978 [1]
Container 93
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Social and Economic Status of the Black Population in the United States, 1790-1978 [2] Social and Economic Status of the Black Population in the United States, 1974 Social Event Lists South Bronx [O/A 8983] Southeastern Federal Regional Council Conference, 3/10/80 Special Assistants Special Event Projections Speech Material [1] Speech Material [2]
Container 94 Speeches I [1] Speeches I [2] Speeches I [3] Speeches I [4] Speeches I [5] Speeches I [6] Speeches I [7]
Container 95 Speeches II [1] Speeches II [2] Speeches II [3] Speechwriters Spelman College [O/A 10,259] Staff Leave Record Standby Conservation Plan No. 3 Emergency Advertising Lighting Restrictions Department of Energy (DOE) Economic Regulatory Administration (ERA)-0049-50 Standby Conservation Plan No. 2 Emergency Building Temperature Restrictions DOE/ERA Standby Conservation Plan No. l Emergency Weekend Gasoline DOE/ERA-0040-41 Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan DOE/ERA-0045 Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan DOE/ERA-0046
Container 96 Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan - Narrative, 2/79 State Department [1] State Department [2] State Department of National Foreign Policy Conference State Department of Scholar Diplomat Seminars State Dinners State Funeral of His Excellency Jomo Kenyatta [O/A 6474] [1] State Funeral of His Excellency Jomo Kenyatta [O/A 6474] [2] Stewart, Shag - Notebook Still A Lifeline - The Status of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Strengthening Historical Black Colleges
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Subject/Agency Index Sunbelt [O/A 10,059] [Systems Management Associates]
Container 97 Task Force on Civil Rights Reorganization [l] Task Force on Civil Rights Reorganization [2] Task Force on Civil Rights Reorganization [3] Task Force on Civil Rights Reorganization [4] Telecommunications Conference [1] Telecommunications Conference [2] Telephone Calls Telephone Directory - Executive Office of the President
Container 98 Telephone Logs, 4/23/78-6/27/78 Telephone Logs, 5/2/78-5/13/78 Telephone Logs, 5/1478/-5/22/78 Telephone Logs, 5/29/78-6/11/78 Telephone Logs, 6/11/78-6/25/78 Telephone Logs, 9/26/78-10/6/78 Telephone Logs, 9/23/80-1/9/81 Telephone Message Book, 7/9/78-7/25/78 Telephone Message Book, 8/7/78-9/5/78 Telephone Message Book, 10/17/78-10/26/78 Telephone Message Book, 10/26/78-11/6/78 Telephone Message Book, 11/7/78-11/20/78 Telephone Message Book, 11/21/78-11/30/78 Telephone Message Book, 12/l/78-12/18/78
Container 99 Telephone Message Book, 12/18/78-1/16/79 Telephone Message Book, 1/16/79-1/31/79 Telephone Message Book, l/31/79-2/27/79 Telephone Message Book, 2/8/79-2/25/79 Telephone Message Book, 3/1/79-3/23/79 Telephone Message Book, 3/29/79-4/19/79 Telephone Message Book, 4/19/79-5/11/79 Telephone Message Book, 5/9/79-5/25/79 Telephone Message Book, 5/25/79-6/18/79 Telephone Message Book, 5/31/79-6/14/79 Telephone Message Book, 6/14/79-6/26/79 Telephone Message Book, 6/18/79-7/9/79 Telephone Message Book, 7/26/79-8/16/79
Container 100
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Telephone Message Book, 8/14/79-8/29/79 Telephone Message Book, 8/16/79-10/10/79 Telephone Message Book, 9/4/79-11/26/79 Telephone Message Book, 9/10/79-11/6/79 Telephone Message Book, 10/9/79-10/31/79 Telephone Message Book, 10/10/79-10/24/79 Telephone Message Book, 10/24/79-11/21/79 Telephone Message Book, 10/31/79-11/9/79 Telephone Message Book, 11/9/79-11/19/79 Telephone Message Book, 11/15/79-12/11/79 Telephone Message Book, 11/21/79-1/7/80 Telephone Message Book, 11/27/79-12/6/79 Telephone Message Book, 12/6/79-2/13/80
Container 101 Telephone Message Book, 12/11/79-2/2/80 Telephone Message Book, 12/26/79-1/31/80 Telephone Message Book, 1/8/80-1/28/80 Telephone Message Book, 2/4/80-2/15/80 Telephone Message Book, 2/15/80-4/22/80 Telephone Message Book, 2/22/80-3/7/80 Telephone Message Book, 2/27/80-3/10/80 Telephone Message Book, 3/7/80-3/20/80 Telephone Message Book, 3/10/80-3/18/80 Telephone Message Book, 3/20/80-3/27/80 Telephone Message Book, 3/20/80-4/7/80 Telephone Message Book, 3/28/80-4/17/80 Telephone Message Book, 3/28/80-5/2/80
Container 102 Telephone Message Book, 4/7/80-4/22/80 Telephone Message Book, 4/7/80-6/2/80 Telephone Message Book, 4/16/80-10/31/80 Telephone Message Book, 4/17/80-5/5/80 Telephone Message Book, 5/5/80-5/27/80 Telephone Message Book, 5/22/80-6/12/80 Telephone Message Book, 5/22/80-7/24/80 Telephone Message Book, 5/27/80-8/25/80 Telephone Message Book, 5/31/80-6/26/80 Telephone Message Book, 6/3/80-9/19/80 Telephone Message Book, 6/12/80-6/30/80 Telephone Message Book, 6/27/80-7/9/80
Container 103 Telephone Message Book, 7/2/80-7/14/80 Telephone Message Book, 7/9/80-7/18/80
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Telephone Message Book, 7/10/80-7/25/80 Telephone Message Book, 7/18/80-7/30/80 Telephone Message Book, 7/25/80-8/7/80 Telephone Message Book, 7/30/80-8/14/80 Telephone Message Book, 8/6/80-9/8/80 Telephone Message Book, 8/7/80-8/25/80 Telephone Message Book, 8/8/80-9/17/80 Telephone Message Book, 8/26/80-9/9/80 Telephone Message Book, 9/9/80-9/18/80 Telephone Message Book, 9/17/80-10/7/80 Telephone Message Book, 9/19/80-9/26/80
Container 104 Telephone Message Book, 10/6/80-10/20/80 Telephone Message Book, 10/7/80-11/24/80 Telephone Message Book, 11/3/80-12/17/80 Texas Travel Information [1] Travel Information [2] Travel - Julia Dobbs and Karen Zuniga Treasury Department Tsongas, Senator Paul Unemployment United Beauty School Owners and Teachers Association [O/A 6476]
Container 105 United Negro College Fund [1] [O/A 6474] United Negro College Fund [2] [O/A 6474] United Negro College Fund Project [O/A 10,252] United Negro College Fund Project [O/A 10,252] United States and EEOC v. Weber United Way [O/A G475] United Way of America [O/A 6878] [Urban Interstate Highways] Urban Unrest VA Case Valley Homes, Lincoln Heights, Ohio [1] Valley Homes, Lincoln Heights, Ohio [2] Valley Homes, Lincoln Heights, Ohio [3]
Container 106 Vanguard Investment Company, Inc. [O/A 6018] Veterans Vice President’s Memoranda Vice President's Memoranda Vice President's Remarks - Tuskegee Institute
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[Videocassette WSBK] Voter Information [1] Voter Information [2] Voter Information [3] Voter Information [4] Voter Participation/Education Vouchers W.B. Dolphin and Associates [O/A 9145] Wales, Jane Wallace and Wallace [1]
Container 107 Wallace and Wallace [2] Wallace and Wallace Enterprises Inc. Washington, D.C. Appropriations Act-HR 13463 [O/A 6475] Washington, D.C. Chapter of Federal Bar Association [O/A 8980] Watson, Jack Weddington, Sarah Weekly Special Assistants Reports [Empty] Wexler, Anne [White House Appointments] White House Briefings White House Fellowships White House Personnel [White House Publications and News clippings] Williams, William L. [O/A 6476] Wilmington Ten [1] Wilmington Ten [2] Window Dressing on the Set - An Update [O/A 6474]
Container 108 Wise, Phil and Voorde, Fran, 1978-1979 Wise, Phil and Voorde, Fran, 1980 [1] Wise, Phil and Voorde, Fran, 1980 [2] Women’s Bureau [1] Women’s Bureau [2] Women’s Carter/Mondale Steering Committee, 2/2/80 Women's Issues [1] Women's Issues [2] World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979 [O/A 6608]
Container 109 Young, Andrew Young, Andrew-Departure from the United Nations (U.N.) [O/A 7870] [1] Young, Andrew-Departure from the U.N. [O/A 7870] [2] Young, Andrew-Departure from the U.N. [O/A 7870] [3]
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Youth Employment [1] Youth Employment [2] Youth Employment Initiatives Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
Container 110 Zuniga, Karen [1] Zuniga, Karen [2] Zuniga, Karen - Black Colleges Zuniga, Karen's Memorandums and Black College Material Zuniga, Karen - No Response Necessary [1] Zuniga, Karen - No Response Necessary [2] Zuniga, Karen - Note Cards Zuniga, Karen - Notebook Zuniga, Karen - Personal Zuniga, Karen - Personnel Files
Container 111 Calendars, loose-leaf, 1978 - 1980
Container 112 [Name and Address Cards]
Container 113 [Name, Address, and Organization Lists]
Container 114 [Name, Address, and Organization Lists]
Container 115 [Name, Address, and Organization Lists]
Container 116 [Name, Address, and Organization Lists]
Container 117 [Name, Address, and Organization Lists] A Card from Headstart Class of Rock Creek Palisades, 1980-1981
Container 118 Name Lists from Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington, DC, Florida, and Foreign Addresses
Container 119 Name Lists from Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania Addresses
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Container 120 Name Lists from Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming Addresses
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Biographical Information
Louis Martin
Louis Martin was born on November 18, 1912 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and grew up in Savannah, Georgia. After first attending Fisk University, Martin went on to graduate from the University of Michigan in 1934, earning a degree in journalism. With college behind him, Martin traveled to his father's native country, Cuba, and spent two years as a freelance writer based in Havana. He returned to the United States in 1936 and landed a job as a reporter with the Chicago Defender, a major black newspaper. He spent only half a year there before moving back to Michigan to help launch a new black paper, the Michigan Chronicle, serving as its first editor and publisher.
Martin remained at the Chronicle for eleven years. It was during this period that Martin became an active supporter of Democratic politics. Working in Detroit, he saw the day-to-day struggles of workers in the automobile industry. He viewed the Democratic Party as the best vehicle for advancing the cause of organized labor. As head of a newspaper, he was in a position to make that view known to a large number of people. He also helped found the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a group of black publishers, and served for two terms as the organization's president. In 1947 Martin left the Chronicle and moved back to Chicago to become editor-in-chief at the Defender. He ran the Defender for the next dozen years.
In 1959 Martin went to Lagos, Nigeria, where he spent a year as an editorial advisor to a newspaper company called the Amalgamated Press. Returning to the United States in 1960, Martin was recruited by R. Sargent Shriver to work on the presidential campaign of his brother- in-law, John F. Kennedy. Martin played a pivotal role in steering black voters toward Kennedy, and this voting bloc proved key to Kennedy's victory in the election. In particular, Martin was responsible for orchestrating Kennedy's sympathy call to Coretta Scott King when her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested in Atlanta for a traffic violation. The call received a great deal of attention in black communities nationwide, and helped to cement support for Kennedy among African Americans. Several years later, Martin helped smooth tensions between King and President Lyndon Johnson when King came out against Johnson's handling of the war in Vietnam.
On the heels of the Kennedy victory, Martin was named deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1961. He remained in that position until 1969, serving as a close advisor on all race-related issues to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He was, in fact, one of the few bureaucrats who was able to survive the Kennedy-to-Johnson transition with all of his power intact. Martin was given much of the credit for turning out an amazing 96 percent of the black vote for Johnson during the 1964 presidential election. That performance went a long way toward convincing Johnson to keep him around.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Martin was instrumental in backing the appointments of African Americans to scores of posts in Washington and elsewhere, most notably Thurgood Marshall's seat on the Supreme Court. Vernon Jordan, who has held a number of important positions, is another powerful African American who benefited from Martin's sponsorship. Others whose
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appointments Martin helped engineer include cabinet members Robert Weaver and Patricia Roberts Harris; Andrew Brimmer, the first black Federal Reserve Board member; and Army Secretary Clifford Alexander.
As his behind-the-scenes influence in Washington grew, Martin was able to convince more and more prominent policy engineers within the Democratic machine that a civil rights agenda was not only the right moral road to take, but the best one strategically for the party as well. Martin left his Democratic National Committee post in December of 1968, and returned once again to Chicago to assume editorship of the Defender. He maintained a presence in Washington, however, by establishing the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank whose mission was to provide technical and research support for black officials and scholars all over the United States. Martin served as chairman of the Joint Center's board for eight years. It was his successor, former University of Chicago vice president Eddie Williams, who first dubbed Martin "the godfather of black politics." Martin himself preferred the title "inside agitator."
In 1978, with the Democrats back in the White House, Martin was hired as a special assistant to President Jimmy Carter, specializing in policies affecting minorities and women. Following the end of Carter's presidency, Martin accepted a position at Howard University as assistant vice president for communications in 1981. He stayed at Howard until 1987, when he returned yet again to Chicago to work for Calmar Communications, a public relations firm that his wife and her sister had started a few years earlier. He also contributed weekly columns to the Defender. In 1988, Martin suffered a stroke, and two years later he and his wife moved to Diamond Bar, California, where he died in January of 1997, at the age of 84.
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